Privacy & Legal

BY USING THE SITE YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The following terms and conditions of use (the "terms and conditions") govern your ("you") use of the Independent Drama service (the "Service").

Registration Eligibility

By registering on to this site, you agree to and to abide by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

User Information

In the course of your use of the Site, you may be asked to provide certain information about yourself to us ("User Information"). You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for the content of the User Information and that all User Information is accurate, including the content of your Profile.

User Conduct

Independent Drama provide a service aimed at promoting individuals with a genuine interested in the performing arts. You warrant and agree that you shall not:

Upload, post or transmit to or distribute or otherwise publish through the Site any material that violates any provision of these Terms and Conditions or the law of the State or Country in which you are based;

or inhibit any other User from using and enjoying the Site;

Contact users for any non-professional reason

Send identical bulk emails

Constitute or encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offence or give rise to civil liability;

Impersonate, or misrepresent your affiliation with any other person or entity;

Upload, post, publish, transmit, reproduce, distribute or in any way exploit any information or other material obtained through the Site for commercial purposes (other than as expressly permitted by the provider of such information or other material);

Engage in spamming or flooding; or

Attempt to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems through the Site.

Except as otherwise expressly permitted herein, you may not upload, post, publish, reproduce, transmit or distribute in any way any component of the Site itself or derivative works. We have no obligation to monitor any content on or through the Site and we assume no obligation. You acknowledge and agree, however, that we do retain the right to monitor the Site and to disclose any information as necessary or appropriate to satisfy any law, regulation or other governmental request, to operate the Site properly, or to protect ourselves or our Users.

Submitted Material

Any information or material that you submit or send to Independent Drama or otherwise make available on or through the Site ("Your Material") will be deemed not to be confidential or secret. By submitting or otherwise making Your Material available on the Site, you:

Agree and acknowledge that Your Material will not be treated as confidential or proprietary.

Agree and acknowledge that Your Material is owned by Independent Drama.

Represent and warrant that Your Material:

Is original to you and that no other party has any rights to the material;

Does not contain any content that is unlawful, threatening, harassing, profane, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, contains explicit or graphic descriptions or accounts of sexual acts (including but not limited to sexual language of a violent or threatening nature directed at another individual or group of individuals), invasive of another's privacy, or hateful;

Does not contain a virus or other harmful component; and

Does not contain, unless the specific Service allows, any advertising of any kind, or false or misleading indications of origin or statements of fact.

Material not owned by you has been submitted with the appropriate permissions.

Grant Independent Drama the royalty-free, unrestricted, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sub-licensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, edit, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display Your Material (in whole or part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed and that Your Material may appear in search engines. You also warrant that any "moral rights" in Your Material have been waived.

Agree and acknowledge that Your Material may appear in Google and other search engines.

Independent Drama reserves the right to view the content of all information and mail passing through the site.

Independent Drama reserves the right not to post and to remove any User Information, subscriptions, profiles, messages, and content therein without notice.

Independent Drama reserves the right without warning to deny and/or cancel membership to any person who we deem from their profile or use of the site to be unsuitable for the service.

Independent Drama cannot guarantee any work, as any job enquiries or contracts gained as a result of hosting information on the site rests with the casting agents or employer(s) and are affected by the state of the industry as a whole. We cannot guarantee that employers who view your profile will call you in for an audition or that you will be offered the position after audition. Those decisions rest with the casting agents. We are unable to verify or provide any assurance relating to the nature or duration of any work or appointment that you may be offered as a result of using the Service. It remains your sole responsibility to ensure that any work or appointment is acceptable to you.

Services Available on the Site

Independent Drama may make certain services available to individuals who register on the Site ("registered users") and general visitors to the site ("visitors") (registered users and visitors are collectively referred to as "users"). For example, Users may be able to register to receive profile alerts, search our user database, participate in forums or moderated discussions with other users, post comments on a bulletin board, post and respond to profiles, or upload their profile (collectively, "services", and with the site, the "Site").

Independent Drama may make certain forums available on the site that allow registered users the opportunity to participate in discussions and to post information on bulletin boards(collectively, "Forums"). Registered Users who participate in these forums are solely responsible for the information and other content they post on and through these forums and should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose personal information (e.g. name, email address, telephone number) on or through these forums, such information is generally accessible to and may be collected and used by other Registered Users, as well as visitors, and may also appear in search engines and may result in unsolicited online and offline messages. Registered Users are strongly encouraged to exercise discretion when providing personal information about themselves in and through forums.

Internet Access

You acknowledge and agree that in connection with your use of the site you must: (a) provide for your own access to the World Wide Web and pay any service fees associated with such access, and (b) provide all equipment necessary for you to make such access and connection to the World Wide Web, including a computer, software, a modem and a means of connecting to or accessing the Internet. Independent Drama shall not be responsible for any malfunctions, errors, crashes or other adverse events that may occur from your use of the Site.

Proprietary Rights Any commercial use of the Site is strictly prohibited, except as allowed herein or otherwise approved by us. You may not download or save a copy of any of the content or screens except as otherwise provided in these Terms and Conditions, for any purpose. You may, however, print one (1) copy of the information on the Site solely for your personal use or records. If you make other use of the Site, except as otherwise provided above, you may violate copyright and other laws of the United Kingdom, other countries, as well as applicable state laws and may be subject to liability for such unauthorized use. We do not grant any license or other authorization to any user of our trademarks, service marks, other copyrightable material or any other intellectual property, by including them on the Site. You also agree and acknowledge that any ideas, concepts, methods, systems, designs, plans, techniques or other similar materials that you submit or otherwise communicate to the Site, may be used by us in any manner.

Subscription Term and Cancellation

Independent Drama will have periodic subscription fees that are defined by the terms of the site at the time of the initial enrolment. Subscriptions must be renewed on an annual basis. Unless and until this agreement is cancelled in accordance with the terms hereof, the Subscriber hereby authorizes Independent Drama to charge the Subscriber's credit card to pay for the ongoing cost of the subscription services. Subscribers will receive by email a copy of the account of charges made for the use of the site. Any changes in the subscription fee will be notified to Subscribers by email at the time of renewal. Subscriptions may be cancelled at any time by contacting Customer Service at info@independentdrama.com, but any subscription fees which have been paid will not be refunded.

No Endorsement

Independent Drama is not responsible for and does not represent or warrant the truthfulness, accuracy or reliability of any material posted by others on or through the Site, nor does Independent Drama endorse any opinions expressed by Users or others. Independent Drama is not responsible for the online or offline content of Users. Users acknowledge that any reliance on material posted by others will be at their own risk. Any content placed on any discussion area by Users are the views of the User posting the statement, and do not represent the views of Independent Drama.

Unsolicited Materials

Unless specifically requested, Independent Drama does not solicit nor does it wish to receive any confidential, secret or proprietary information or other material from you through the Site or any of its services.

Additional terms for casting professionals

Independent Drama does not currently provide a dedicated service for casting professionals. If you are accessing the site as a casting professional you shall use the Information contained on the Website for the sole purpose of considering employing or otherwise retaining the services of the individuals and organisations contained on the Website. By using the Independent Drama system in any way, you are agreeing not to use the system to solicit, promote, or otherwise, any products or services. You acknowledge that the Information is the property of Independent Drama and that you shall not copy or otherwise disseminate it.

We do not provide any warranty or guarantee concerning the information relating to individuals contained on the Website (the 'Information') and therefore we cannot accept any liability associated with its use.